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November 1903 in an abandoned barn on the outskirts of the Bronx. A gang war is brewing on

the streets of downtown Manhattan between the two most powerful men in New York City. It's actually

almost like a real war, because both men have thousands of soldiers underneath them, and when

they clash on the streets, there are

pitch battles that can last all night.

What's happening here, though, is actually an attempt to stave off those battles.

Because election season, when the two men put aside their differences and used their street

soldiers to help get the corrupt politicians that protect them elected, has just ended.

And there's trouble brewing over some territory.

Very profitable territory.

You see, there's about to be a boxing match in this barn, one that all the politicians

and high-up police officials have basically begged the two men to have.

Because the two men in the center of this dirt ring in the middle of nowhere,

surrounded by hay bales, are Monk Eastman and Paul Kelly. And instead of sending their two gangs

to battle it out all over the streets in New York, they've agreed to settle it man to man, kingpin

to kingpin in the ring, the victor claiming the disputed territory they've been fighting over for years.

That territory has New York City's Bowery as its center point, the city's Red Light District.

This is the days of the East and West Village being depraved like none other.

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